REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Al Zelinka, City Manager
VIA: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Director of Community Development
PREPARED BY: Jimmy Hoang, Code Enforcement Manager
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2023-12 declaring weeds and rubbish a nuisance on specific properties and scheduling a Public Hearing on May 2, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. for protests and objections to the abatement thereof
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Statement of Issue:
Each year, the City identifies privately-owned parcels that have an accumulation of weeds and/or rubbish constituting a public nuisance, and the City Council adopts a Resolution declaring the City's intention to abate weeds and/or rubbish on identified properties.
Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact associated with declaring certain properties to be a public nuisance.
Following the Public Hearing and the removal of weed and/or rubbish, property owners will be assessed on their property tax bill for abatement work performed by the City.
Recommended Action:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2023-12, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Finding and Declaring That Certain Weeds Growing in the City, and Rubbish and Refuse Deposited on Public Ways and Private Property are a Public Nuisance; and Fixing the Time for Hearing Protests and Objections to the Abatement Thereof."
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not adopt the resolution, and direct staff to take a different course of action.
Analysis:
The California Government Code includes a provision allowing local governments to declare weeds and rubbish a public nuisance as a precursor to abatement. Pursuant to this provision, the City of Huntington Beach has adopted Chapter 8.16 Weed Abatement into the Municipal Code. This chapter requires that, "all persons owning any real property within the City keep said property free from weeds or other flammable materials that endanger public ...
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